Steptoe and Son (1962)

Name: Steptoe and Son
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell

Comedy

A father and son who work as rag-and-bone men live together in Shepherd's Bush, London. While Albert is content with their way of life, Harold aspires to better himself and build a life of his own, but his attempts are repeatedly thwarted by his father, leading to frequent clashes between the two.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (3,778 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1962)

7.60 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 29 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Offer: Pilot	7.5	110
2	The Bird	7.9	96
3	The Piano	7.9	86
4	The Economist	7.2	77
5	The Diploma	7.2	80
6	The Holiday	7.9	73

Season 2 (1963)

7.79 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat	7.4	79
2	The Bath	8.2	82
3	The Stepmother	7.7	73
4	Sixty-Five Today	7.6	76
5	A Musical Evening	7.7	71
6	Full House	8.2	84
7	Is that Your Horse Outside?	7.7	73

Season 3 (1964)

7.71 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 25 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Homes Fit for Heroes	7.3	70
2	The Wooden Overcoats	7.5	75
3	The Lead Man Cometh	7.9	78
4	Steptoe a la Cart	7.7	71
5	Sunday for Seven Days	8.1	74
6	The Bonds that Bind Us	7.8	69
7	The Lodger	7.7	70

Season 4 (1965)

7.81 avg 7 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 29 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	And Afterwards at...	7.8	71
2	Crossed Swords	7.8	65
3	Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines	8.1	75
4	The Siege of Steptoe Street	7.9	70
5	A Box in Town	7.6	67
6	My Old Man's a Tory	7.5	67
7	Pilgrim's Progress	8.0	66

Season 5 (1970)

7.77 avg 7 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 29 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in the Family	8.0	74
2	A Winter's Tale	7.6	71
3	Any Old Iron?	8.3	89
4	Steptoe and Son - and Son!	7.6	72
5	The Colour Problem	7.7	66
6	T.B. or Not T.B.?	7.7	65
7	Men of Property	7.5	63

Season 6 (1970)

8.09 avg 8 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Robbery with Violence	8.1	73
2	Come Dancing	8.3	87
3	Two's Company	8.2	69
4	Tea for Two	7.6	68
5	Without Prejudice	8.4	74
6	Pot Black	8.2	79
7	The Three Feathers	8.2	62
8	Cuckoo in the Nest	7.7	75

Season 7 (1972)

8.54 avg 8 episodes 8.6 → 8.0 31 min avg

Bad finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Men of Letters	8.6	108
2	A Star Is Born	8.4	108
3	Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning	8.6	104
4	Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later	8.4	93
5	Loathe Story	8.0	97
6	Divided We Stand	9.2	140
7	The Desperate Hours	9.1	144
8	The Party	8.0	84

Season 8 (1974)

8.10 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 8.4 31 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back in Fashion	7.4	83
2	And So to Bed	8.1	88
3	Porn Yesterday	8.3	90
4	The Seven Steptoerai	7.5	85
5	Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs	9.1	111
6	Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard	7.9	86
7	A Perfect Christmas	8.4	119